Payrits v. Payrits

Plaintiff-mother Deanna Payrits appeals a Rutland Family Court decision granting sole parental rights and responsibilities for their children to defendant-father Scott Payrits. Mother contends that the court erred by (1) finding that both parents have been primary care providers for their children; (2) failing to find that mother is the primary care provider and failing to conclude that the children should remain with mother absent a finding of the mother’s unfitness; and (3) failing to find that other 15 V.S.A. § 665(b) factors either favored mother or were neutral. We affirm.

The family…